title: Diagnosis of Sanfilippo disease correlating clinical, radiological and biochemical findings-a case report.
abstract: Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of genetic diseases and its diagnosis is a challenging task due to multiple differential diagnosis. We had combined clinical findings, radiological and ophthalmological features. Biochemical test for urine glycosaminoglycans (GAG) was done for confirmation of diagnosis in the patient. The case of Sanfilippo disease was characterized by slowly progressive, severe CNS involvement with mild somatic disease. Radiological features were suggestive of Sanfilippo disease and urine GAG test for MPS was positive in the case. With the clinical features we had multiple differential diagnoses. The radiological investigations minimized the list and the biochemical test confirmed GAG in urine. In this case the combination of clinical, radiological and biochemical findings confirmed the diagnosis of Sanfilippo disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, D.M.I.M.S. (D.U.), Wardha, 442004 India.
authors.forename: Udit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meshram
authors.forename: Jayant
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vagha
authors.forename: Kirti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Swarnkar
authors.forename: Kamlesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Palandurkar
keywords: Biochemical; Clinical; Diagnosis; Radiological; Sanfilippo disease